Teams will form at different institutions. Interested students may spread the word, recruit each other and seek an advisor. Or interested academics may advertise to students to form a team. There is no set way for teams to form and recruit.

Teams will register using our registration form. They will need to have a team lead(s), some members, and an advisor. This lets us know that they are serious about TAH innovation.

Teams will begin researching TAHs! We have some starting resources on our website, as well as some recorded webinars from 2023 on key topics. Students will drive their own learning about TAHs as well as prototyping, testing, validation and commercialization.

We will run online events throughout the year. These may be educational webinars from topic experts, virtual tours of biomedical companies, patient speakers, showcases with team presentations, and more. We base our event topics and content on feedback from teams.

(Iterate, fail, learn, improve)
Teams will build test rigs and simulations, build TAH prototype(s), test their devices, and repeat! We hope that studenst will get hands on, learn new things, make mistakes, and try again. We champion progress and novelty over recreating existing products, so we encourage teams think outside of the box!

Teams are required to document their progress as they go - Recording thoughts, ideas, designs, results etc. Teams will need to be prepared to show this in reports and presentations.

Teams will be required to submit reports in accordance with our templates and guidelines. These will be used to assess teams work, and reward the stand-outs!

Teams will receive feedback from industry sponsors and academic professionals! Our panel of assessors will review work and ideas through assessments, and our advisors will be available to teams throughout the year for consultations!

Year on year, teams will grow their knowledge of TAHs and continue to explore new ideas and refine their TAH designs!